Oxfam has published its annual analysis of world wealth inequality, “The Inequality Virus”, this time with added Covid. Though its … Continue reading “Closing down markets will do nothing to diminish poverty”

Responding to “The Inequality Virus,” a new report from Oxfam, Mark Littlewood, Director General at free market think tank the … Continue reading “Oxfam’s proposals demonstrate “misunderstanding of economics and poverty relief””

According to much of the journalistic commentary, Pope Francis has recently issued an encyclical on economics. Reuters, the New York … Continue reading “Is Pope Francis’s new encyclical an attack on capitalism?”

“The costs of the first national lockdown soon began to outweigh the benefits. A repeat of this, even by the … Continue reading “A repeated “zig-zag policy of stop, start and then stop” will damage the economy”

The Times reports on a new IEA publication by Professor Kevin Dowd and Dr Dean Buckner, which finds that the … Continue reading “British banks are in a precarious position”

I normally do not pay attention to implicit political messages in movies or TV series. I blank out a movie’s … Continue reading “The dodgy economics of “Snowpiercer” and “The Platform”: an econ bore’s movie review”

Bishop Robert Byrne of Hexham and Newcastle described Laudato Si, published five years ago next week, as a “prophetic document … Continue reading “The Church, property rights and the environment”

The Times reported on the release today of new IEA briefing paper ‘Model Behaviour: How economists can shape the post-lockdown … Continue reading “Economists sidelined in virus decisions”

On the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS, I took part in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s … Continue reading “How the NHS religion is turning us against each other”